Mike's Random Stuff

I finally got around to getting a good Virtual Box install and am able to use it in seamless mode.  Not the best picture, but so what.  Click it for […]

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Yep, another day, a new kernel: Linux littleturd 3.19.0-gentoo-mgreene #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 10 19:08:38 EST 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux What does going […]

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Gentoo finally updated to Bluefish 2.2.6, so I know the latest version must be out which is 2.2.7.  In case you do not know: Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted […]

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Once again portage tells me there is an Oracle Java update and I already know it will have to be downloaded manually and moved into /usr/portage/distfiles. I do this, expecting […]

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As a placeholder and note, I am moving all my old content to a Drupal site – www.ecsdump.net.

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I was playing with Pearltrees, putting together all the major alternative applications I use that are open source. One of the most important criteria is that a version exists for […]

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A friend found this one and it is a good one. I guess it could be used on a phone, but better for a tablet.  Thinking Space is a Mind […]

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This is just to see how well Pearltrees works embedded in a blog. I am using my Operating System branch, and not fully expanded, as a test. Operating Systems and […]

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Updated my Gentoo systems to LibreOffice 3.4 and none of the components would start: Could not launch ‘LibreOffice 3.4 [fill in component]’ Failed to execute child process“libreoffice3.4” (No such file […]

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What better thing to do on a rainy day than jailbreak my Apple TV G2?  Why do I have this thing?  I guess I would say I had one of […]

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